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Debt and Redemption in the Blues : The Call for Justice / Julia Simon.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Simon, Julia, 1961- author.
- , Penn State University Libraries, Author.
- Series:
- American music history.
- American Music History Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--Economic conditions.
- African Americans.
- Blues (Music)--History and criticism.
- Blues (Music).
- Blues (Music)--Social aspects.
- Music and race--United States.
- Music and race.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (255 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- University Park, PA : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2023]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Biography/History:
- Simon Julia : Julia Simon is Professor of French and is on the faculty of the Cultural Studies Graduate Group at the University of California, Davis. She is the author of five books, including The Inconvenient Lonnie Johnson: Blues, Race, Identity, also published by Penn State University Press.Julia Simon is Professor of French and is on the faculty of the Cultural Studies Graduate Group at the University of California, Davis. She is the author of five books, including The Inconvenient Lonnie Johnson: Blues, Race, Identity, also published by Penn State University Press.
- Summary:
- "Explores lyrical representations of romantic and sexual betrayal in the blues, revealing deceit and entrapment constraining the physical, socioeconomic, and political movement of African Americans. Argues that blues music calls for a reckoning while expressing faith in a secular and moral justice-to-come"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Sharecropping, tenancy, and house contract sales
- Coercion, debt peonage, and convict labor
- The blues, commodification, and capitalism
- From debt to redemption
- A history of relief
- The call for justice in the blues.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Includes discography.
- This eBook is made available Open Access under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780271096728
- 0271096721
- 9780271096735
- 027109673X
- OCLC:
- 1395907105
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